Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Two weeks ago, I met the chair of Cahercalla community hospital, former TD Dr. Michael Harty and Carrigoran House CEO Marie O'Malley. They both conveyed to me the enormous pressures that not-for-profit charitable nursing homes such as theirs are facing. The future is not looking bright as long as the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, continues to lowball them in contract negotiations. While these nursing homes provide vital local services to their local communities and do so at a fraction of the HSE cost, they need support. An extra 15% to 20% in their uplift could be the difference between them closing their doors or staying open. What is the Department's long-term plan to support not-for-profit charitable nursing homes?

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